Hi Chuck,
I am resigned to getting more than my usual share of out of focus shots but
the film wont be a total disaster becuase many of my shots are set to
hyperfocal distance thus ignoring what is in or out of focus on the screen.
The shot with the 180mm that first alerted me to the problem was at high
shutter speed/wide aperture so there was no appreciable depth of field to
work with.
Thanks for your input.
--Graham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 11:59 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Focus problem
> Assuming that the screen wasn't mispositioned the only thing I can think
> of is that the mirror didn't completely return. If the mirror was up
> slightly the image would be farther back than expected and you'd have to
> focus closer to compensate to get apparent focus on the screen.
>
> Unfortunately, if that's the case your lens' focusing scale was correct
> and the shots you made will be out of focus.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> GeeBee wrote:
>
>> Hi Chuck,
>>
>> Yes. The problem was definitely with the body. I was also packing 2 OM2's
>> (colour and b&w) when the problem arose and there was only a problem with
>> one body.
>>
>> --Graham
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 10:19 PM
>> Subject: [OM] Re: Focus problem
>>
>>
>>
>>>You said you "put **a** lens on it" and a "couple of other lenses".
>>>What about the original offenders? Did they check out too?
>>>
>>>Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>GeeBee wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Out shooting with OM2 SP today I noticed when using the Zuiko 180mm for
>>>>a
>>>>landscape shot that it didn't quite rack out to infinity when I focussed
>>>>on
>>>>a distant church. It was only just short of infinity so I disregarded
>>>>it.
>>>>Next shot was with the 35- 80 zoom and a boat in the foreground was
>>>>about
>>>>75
>>>>ft away. When I checked the focus scale on the lens it was showing 12ft.
>>>>Despite this the boat was in sharp focus in the veiwfinder. I switched
>>>>lenses and the same thing happened with the 50mm. Ground glass image in
>>>>focus but the scale on the lens indicated much closer than the object
>>>>actuallt was.
>
>
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